Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song: with historical and traditional notices relative to the manners and customs of the peasantry

by: Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812; Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842; Gillespie, William, 1776-1825

Publication date: 1810

Topics: Lowe, John, 1750-1798, Scottish literature -- Scotland Dumfries and Galloway, Folklore -- Scotland, Scotland -- Social life and customs, genealogy

Publisher: London : T. Cadell and W. Davies

Collection: cdl; americana

Digitizing sponsor: MSN

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

Introduction.--Sentimental ballads.--Humorous ballads.--Jacobite ballads, 1715.--Jacobite ballads, 1745.--Old ballads and fragments.--Appendix: Scottish games. A specimen of the tender mercies of Claverhouse, from the Life of Alexander Peden. 'Taking the Beuk.' Description of the stool of repentance. History of witchcraft, sketched from the popular tales of the peasantry of Nithsdale and Galloway. Character of the Scottish lowland fairies. Particulars of the escape of Lord Nithsdale from the Tower, in 1716. Account of Billy Blin', the Scotch brownie. Brief memoir of the life of John Lowe, author of 'Mary's dream,' by William Gillespie. Mary's dream. Old way of Mary's dream

Addeddate: 2007-12-03 21:46:26

Associated-names: Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842; Gillespie, William, 1776-1825

Bookplateleaf: 0005

Call number: SRLF:LAGE-931112

Camera: 5D

Collection-library: SRLF

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by alyson-wieczorek for item remainsofnithsda00cromiala on December 3, 2007: no visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1810.